Locking display-stand.



PATDNTDD 0013.15, 1907. s. D. MOMILLAN. LOCKING DISPLAY STAND..

APPLIUATION-FILED MAY 24. 190'71.

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SAMUEL DOUIHEY MCMILLAN, OF LAKE, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK F. CARDWELL, OF RINGGOLI), VIRGINIA.

LOCKING DISPLAY-STAND.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, SAMUEL DOUTHEY MGMILLAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lake, in the county of Davidson and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Locking Display-Stand, of which the following is a specification.

v This invention relates to astand or rack or holding various articles for display or other purposes, and it relates more particularly to a stand provided with a suitable means for locking the articles upon the stand so that they cannot be removed by unauthorized persons.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a stand of this character having a plurality of hooks for supporting the 'articles and a common means for simultaneously locking all the hooks.

A further object of the invention is to improve and simplify the construction and operation of this class of devices.

With these objects in view, and others, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood,the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and set forth with particularity in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one of the embodiments of the invention, Figure I is a perspective view of the stand with portions broken away and showing the parts in locked position. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, showing the locking part of the stand in unlocked position.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference.

Referring to the drawing, l and 2 designate respectively an outer and inner tube, which may be of brass or any other suitable material, and are of substantially the same length. The lower end of the outer tube lis screw threaded on, or otherwise attached to, a base piece 3, the latter having apertures 4 for receiving screws whereby the supporting tube l may be fastened to the floor, or any other means, in an upright position. At a plurality of suitably spaced points, the outer tube is slotted, as'at 5, two or more slots being arranged at the same height. The metal, instead of being entirely cut away to form the slots 5, is permitted to remain and is turned outwardly from the tube to form hooks 6 for receiving the articles desired to be exhibited or hung up. It is obvious, however, that these hooks may be formed separate from the tube and suitably attached thereto. n

The inner tube 2 is provided with a plurality of keepers 7 whose ends extend through the slots 5 and coperate with the hooks to retain the articles placed on the latter. By this arrangement, the movement of the inner tube in one direction will simultaneously move the keepers out of engagement with the hooks so that Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 24, 1907. Serial No. 375,5l3.

Patented oct. 15, 1907.

the articles may be removed or applied, while the movement in the opposite direction will simultaneously set the keepers and thereby lock the devices on the stand. In order to automatically support the keeper carrying tube 2 in a raised position, so that articles can be placed on the hook without the inner tube having to be manually supported or lifted, a compression spring 8 is provided which at one end rests on the base piece 3 and is secured at its other end to the inner tube. Any suitable locking device may be employed for holding the inner member depressed against the tension of the spring and with the several keepers in engagement with their respective hooks. One of several simple ways of accomplishing this is illustrated inthe present instance, the same consisting of a padlock 9 having its hasp l0 extending through registering openings 10/ in the inner tube and the cap l2, as shown in Fig. 1, so that by simply removing the padlock, the inner tube will automatically rise and disengage the keepers from their hooks. The upper end ofthe inner tube extends slightly beyond the outer tube and is provided with a knob 13 which affords a convenient handhold whereby the same may be depressed. The keeper 7 may be oi any desired construction, such as a strip of metal, an elliptical ring, or other equivalent means riveted to the inner tube and disposed with its length transversely to the axis oi the latter and with its extremities passing outwardly or radially through the slots 5 of the outer tube. i

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages oi the construction and method of operation will be readily appreciated by the persons who have occasions to use this class of devices. Itis obvious that the device may be used for a variety of purposes, as, for instance, as a street exhibitor for merchandise, a coat stand, a grip stand for check rooms, a mail bag rack and the like.

We have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the apparatus which is new considered to be the best embodiment thereof, but we desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative and that various changes may be made, when desired, as are within the scope of the invention.

What is claimed is l. The combination of two relatively movable members, a plurality of pairs of oppositely disposed hooks on one of the members, and a plurality of keepers on the other vmember each of which is arranged with its extremities in cooperative relation with a pair of the hooks adjacent thereto. I

2. The combination of two relatively movable members oppositely disposed hooks arranged in pairs on bue of the members, keepers on the other member having their ends extending in opposite directions therefrom and arranged in cooperative relation with the hooks, an elastic means engaging the keeper carrying member for holding the latter with the keepers thereof out of engagementwith the hooks, and a locking device between the two members for holding the keepers in engagement with the hooks.

3. The combination of two relatively movable members arranged one Within the other, pairs of diametrically arranged hooks on the outer member, keepers extending in opposite directions from the inner member and arranged in cooperative relation with the hooks, and means for locking the two members together.

4. The combination of a tubular member having groups of openings spaced apart along its length, a second member arranged within tne rst to move longitudinally there` of, hooks on the outer member disposed at the openings, and a plurality of keepers on the inner member ar anged with their extremities extending through the openings and cooperating with the hooks.

5. The combination of a tubular member having groups of openings spaced apart along its length, a second member arranged within the iirst to move longitudinally thereof, hooks on the outer member disposed at the openings, a plurality of keepers on the inner member arranged with their extremities extending' through the openings and cooperating with the hooks, a spring arranged to hold the second member in a raised position, and a locking device for holding the said member in a lowered position.

G. The combination of a tubular member having groups of openings spaced apart along its length, a second mem- .spring arranged to hold the` second member in ar raised position, and a locking device for holdingthe said second member in a lowered position.

7, 'lhe combination of a tubular member having groups of openings. a base piece on which the said member is arranged in an upright position, a second member arranged within the first with its upper end projectingr outy ot' the Same, keepers 011 the inner member whose extremities project through the opening oi' the outer member7 hooks on the outer member which are disposed at the openings in coperative relation with the keepers. a compression spring abutting at one end the base piece and at, the other end the inner member. and a locking device for holding the inner member depressed again. Vhe tension of the spring.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own. l have hereto atlixed m v signature in the presence oI two witnesses.

SAMUEL DOU'llllY MeilllLLAN. Witnesses z S. S. F. Donsntr'r, E. H. MALnx. 

